as i said you can do what is nessary to stop a crime including locking a person in a basement until the cops arive but you cant "arest" someone fleeing. Only the police can do that and you cant "arest" someone who you saw shoplifting from your store a week ago. Only the police can arest someone, you can only do what is nessary to stop a crime IN PROGRESS.
That is the difference between a free country and a police state. here the police actually do not have any rights the citizenry do not. If we were so inclined we could petiotn a judge for a search warrant. We'd be unlikely to get one, but the possibility is there. We can use citizen arrest to apprehend a criminal in progress of a crime, even if they are fleeing, as well as known fugitives. Finally we can demand charges be pressed when we are wronged and in some cases we can press charges on anothers behalf.
Now like i said it is not perfect, but I prefer to have a system where it encouraged that I defend myself. After all the police usually only respond after the crime has been commited.
The US is MUCH less than perfect with a murder rate per capita higher than iraq i would guess.
Murder is not the only violent crime , my friend. However ours is lower than Iraq currently. And Our crime rate keeps going down nationwide as more areas repeal unconstitional gun laws and allow citizens to defend themselves. Unlike Great Britian, Canada, and Australia whose violent and nonviolent crime have been growing since the loss of the ability to bear arms.
Oh and a last point, if the goverment was a servent to the people in the US it would provide the services you NEED like free universal health care rather than waisting the WHOLE budget on an inept defence force (in there budgiting abilities anyway). Also if the US goverment was a servent to her people you wouldnt be seeing the fear of the goverment that most yanks show
Hey, most of the voters and taxpayers here do not want a welfare state. Universal healthcare is a crutch that limits creativity in the medical profession. I would much rather see a system that gives us a basic coverage but still allows people to pay if they want experimental or slightly better service. Gives the best of both worlds.
I agree the military budget is out of hand, but mostly becuase of how defense contractors sell us items we don't need or want and pad the bill on other thing. However most yanks do not fear their government, they are leery of them the same way one would be leery of a tiger kept as a pet.
In the case above the man was probably absolved becuase not only was he assuming the naked man was raping his wife, he was assuming the naked man had intended to kidnap and kill her. After all why be in the car when the house is not that far away. His intention may also have been to disable rather than to kill. Meanwhile his wife added fuel to the fire by crying rape after the man dismounted. She might as well have pulled the trigger herself.